{"id":6211,"date":"2025-07-03T10:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:24:15","slug":"2025-asco-award-recipients-teresia-perkins-and-mathew-krick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/2025\/07\/03\/2025-asco-award-recipients-teresia-perkins-and-mathew-krick\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 ASCO Award Recipients: Teresia Perkins and Mathew Krick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Teresia Perkins and Mathew Krick, this year\u2019s 2025 ASCO Grant Award recipients! Teresia and Mathew received the Medical Student Rotation (MSR) which provides support for clinical or clinical research oncology rotations to medical students interested in pursuing oncology as a career. Learn more about their projects and inspiration behind them below.<\/p>\n

Teresia Perkins\u2019 Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Tit<\/strong>le:<\/strong> Examining Depression and Anxiety Among Non-English-Speaking Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy<\/em><\/p>\n

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Teresia\u2019s project explores how language barriers influence health outcomes, uncovering disparities beyond basic access to cancer treatment. Experiencing healthcare disparities firsthand\u2014including losing her brother to inadequate care\u2014ignited her passion for medicine and empathy for underserved patients. In this project, Teresia strives to address overlooked factors that significantly affect prostate cancer outcomes. This work is crucial, timely, and targets disparities exacerbated by language barriers and cultural stigma surrounding mental health. Revealing these hidden challenges will guide interventions to enhance care for vulnerable patient populations.<\/p>\n

Teresia is profoundly grateful to her mentor Dr. Ariel Hirsch<\/a>; her fellow BU students who have facilitated this study from inception; the entire BMC RadOnc team; the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine research community; and the American Society of Clinical Oncology for their invaluable guidance and support throughout this transformative research journey.<\/p>\n

Mathew Krick’s Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Treatment Delays and Ultrasonography Findings in Uveal Melanoma<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\" Mathew’s project examines how treatment delays impact uveal melanoma (ocular melanoma) tumor growth over time. It will take place at the University of California, Los Angeles\u2019 department of ocular oncology. \u201cObstacles to prompt care and treatment delays are often impacted by social determinants of health and structural factors. My project will not only provide insight into the rate of uveal melanoma growth in a cohort of patients but will also shed light on how structural factors, such as insurance barriers, affect how quickly patients can be admitted for surgery and radiation therapy,\u201d Krick explains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Teresia Perkins and Mathew Krick, this year\u2019s 2025 ASCO Grant Award recipients! Teresia and Mathew received the Medical Student Rotation (MSR) which provides support for clinical or clinical research oncology rotations to medical students interested in pursuing oncology as a career. Learn more about their projects and inspiration behind them below. Teresia Perkins\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24822,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24822"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6212,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions\/6212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}